Canadian Samurai: A One Man's Battle for Acceptance by Russ Crawford is the story of Masumi Mitsui, an immigrant to Canada, who went there with a lot of dreams and wishing for new beginnings. The book chronicles the hardships he undergoes while trying to get...

Perhaps Misha Fisenko would not have found himself in his current plight if he could have predicted his homeland’s capricious climate, something he knew was vain. It all started with unpredictable weather conditions in Russia’s grain-growing regions, which saw a failed harvest. Being the vice...